Flash Flood Watch Is In Effect Through Thursday Morning For Hays County

May 31, 2016 11:00 AM

 

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Hays County through Thursday morning.

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…ATASCOSA…BANDERA…BASTROP…
BEXAR…BLANCO…BURNET…CALDWELL…COMAL…DE WITT…
DIMMIT…EDWARDS…FAYETTE…FRIO…GILLESPIE…GONZALES…
GUADALUPE…HAYS…KARNES…KENDALL…KERR…KINNEY…LAVACA…
LEE…LLANO…MAVERICK…MEDINA…REAL…TRAVIS…UVALDE…
VAL VERDE…WILLIAMSON…WILSON AND ZAVALA.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH SOME LOCATIONS
REACHING AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES. ALSO…VERY SATURATED SOILS WILL
FURTHER ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING AND INCREASE
THE LIKELIHOOD OF RAPID FLOODING.

* RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE SWOLLEN AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
WORSEN THE CONDITIONS. SOILS ARE EXTREMELY SATURATED AND ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RUN OFF AND
ACCUMULATION OF FLOOD WATERS.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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